List of organisations

Alphabetical list of applicant groups/special interest groups with whom we have discussed statutory regulation, the process of becoming regulated, and the new professions/aspirant groups process.

Professional bodies
Normally, if an application is made to the Council, this application is made by a professional body. This is helpful to the process of regulating a new group, since it is the professional body who have the knowledge and expertise of the new group, and who can advise the Council on, for example, current educational standards or requirements, the development of the profession, and its relationship to other professions. Their application provides the opportunity for the professional body to give information to our Council about how their group meets our standards, and for the Council to ask questions of the representatives.

However, we recognise that some members of an aspirant group may not be members of the professional organisation which contacts us. Regulation with us is not dependent upon being a member of a professional body. If we regulate a new profession, then we will regulate all members of that profession who meet the standards we set, regardless of whether they choose to be members of any professional body.

We also recognise that in some cases there is more than one professional body for a group. In this case, we strongly encourage professional bodies to work together on a joint application where possible, or to co-operate on joint work around standards, or joint work to show how their various memberships are similar / different. If there is more than one professional body, we would expect to work with all relevant organisations wherever possible, and would welcome input from a variety of different groups to ensure that we can regulate the new group effectively.